Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £40,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 056995-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published16 Sep 2025Published 168 days after the contract date
Description
Reference testing services in relation to blood samples. The indicative lifetime value of this contract is £40,000. NNUH are intending to award this service to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust following direct award process C as an existing provider of this service. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023). For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to laura.marshall@nnuh.nhs.uk by midnight on the 26th September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice services as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making t…
About the supplier
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.